The Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative

Partners

The ADL Initiative stakeholders include the US Defense and security sector, Federal Government, coalition military partners, and other distributed learning professionals from industry, professional societies, and academic institutions.

Defense ADL Advisory Committee (DADLAC)

WHAT’S THE DADLAC?

The DADLAC members often participate in group discussions and activities that aim to improve DoD policy and integration. Top: A DADLAC member participates in a 5-Year Roadmap activity. Bottom: A group of DADLAC members having an open discussion surrounding policy.

In 1997, in the earliest days of distributed learning, DoD established the Total
Force Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Action Team to document and
coordinate distributed learning initiatives throughout the defense community.
Today, that original concept has evolved into the Defense ADL Advisory
Committee (or DADLAC, pronounced “dad-lack”). The DADLAC acts as an
advisory body to support distributed learning policy stewardship, resource and
information exchange, and monitoring of emerging distributed learning
technologies and techniques across the Defense community.

The DADLAC members often participate in group discussions and activities that aim to improve DoD policy and integration. Top: A DADLAC member participates in a 5-Year Roadmap activity. Bottom: A group of DADLAC members having an open discussion surrounding policy.

WHO’S PART OF DADLAC?

The ADL Initiative, part of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, chairs the
DADLAC. Core members of the committee include designated military and
civilian distributed learning leaders (roughly, at the O6 or equivalent level) from:

Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)

Naval Education and Training Command (NETC)

Air Force Air Education and Training Command (AETC)

Marine Corps Training and Education Command (TECOM)

Joint Staff J7/Joint Knowledge Online (JKO)

National Guard Bureau (NGB)

DoD Chief Learning Officer (CLO)

Frequently, representatives from other organizations, such as the Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) and the Defense Language and National Security
Education Office (DLNSEO), coordinate with the DADLAC or are otherwise invited
to participate on an ad-hoc basis. Starting in August 2018, the Distance Education
Coordination Council (DECC) and DADLAC agreed to hold one joint annual
meeting to combine efforts and aid each other in their respective task areas.